e.
Rebuking the religionists
23:1-36
1)
Their hypocrisy
vv. 1-12
Matt. 23
:1
23:1
aThen Jesus spoke to the crowds and to His disciples,
Matt. 23
:2
23:2
Saying, The
1ascribes and the
2bPharisees have seated themselves in
cMoses' seat;
Matt. 23
:3
23:3
Therefore all that they tell you,
ado and keep; but do not do according to their
bworks, for they say
things and do not do
them.
Matt. 23
:4
23:4
And they bind burdens,
aheavy and hard to bear, and lay them on men's shoulders; but they themselves will not move them with their finger.
Matt. 23
:5
23:5
And all their works they do to be
aseen by men, for they broaden their
1bphylacteries and enlarge the
2cfringes of their garments,
Matt. 23
:6
23:6
And they love the
aplace of honor at the dinners and the chief seats in the synagogues
Matt. 23
:7
23:7
And the
asalutations in the marketplaces and to be called by men,
1bRabbi.
Matt. 23
:8
23:8
But you, do not be called Rabbi, for
1One is your
aTeacher, and you are all
bbrothers.
Matt. 23
:9
23:9
And do not call
anyone on earth your father, for
1One is your
aFather,
2He who is in the heavens.
Matt. 23
:10
23:10
Neither be called
1instructors, because
2One is your Instructor, the Christ.
Matt. 23
:11
23:11
And the
agreatest among you shall be your servant.
Matt. 23
:12
23:12
And he who will
aexalt himself shall be humbled, and he who will
bhumble himself shall be exalted.
2)
Their eightfold woe
vv. 13-36
Matt. 23
:13
23:13
But woe to you, scribes and Pharisees,
1hypocrites! For you
aclose off the kingdom of the heavens in the face of men; for you do
2bnot enter in yourselves, nor do you allow those who are entering to enter.
Matt. 23
:14
23:14
1But woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you
adevour the widows' houses, even while for a pretense you make long prayers. For this reason you shall receive greater
2judgment.
Matt. 23
:15
23:15
Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you go about the sea and the dry land to make one
aproselyte; and when he becomes
one, you make him twice as much a
bson of
1cGehenna as yourselves.
Matt. 23
:16
23:16
Woe to you,
ablind bguides, who say, Whoever
cswears by the temple, it is nothing; but whoever swears by the gold of the temple,
1he is bound.
Matt. 23
:17
23:17
Fools and blind men, which is greater, the gold or the temple which
1asanctifies the gold?
Matt. 23
:18
23:18
And, Whoever swears by the altar, it is nothing; but whoever swears by the
agift which is upon it, he is bound.
Matt. 23
:19
23:19
Blind men, which is greater, the gift or the altar which
1asanctifies the gift?
Matt. 23
:20
23:20
Therefore he who swears by the altar swears by it and by all the things upon it;
Matt. 23
:21
23:21
And he who swears by the temple swears by it and by Him who
adwells in it;
Matt. 23
:22
23:22
And he who swears by
aheaven swears by the
bthrone of God and by Him who sits upon it.
Matt. 23
:23
23:23
Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For
ayou bgive a tenth of the mint and the anise and the cummin, and have neglected the weightier matters of the law —
1cjustice and
dmercy and faithfulness. But these you should have done and
2not neglected the others.
Matt. 23
:24
23:24
aBlind guides, who strain out the gnat but swallow the camel!
Matt. 23
:25
23:25
Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For
ayou bcleanse the outside of the cup and the dish, but inwardly they are full of extortion and self-indulgence.
Matt. 23
:26
23:26
Blind Pharisee, cleanse first the inside of the cup and the dish so that their outside also may become clean.
Matt. 23
:27
23:27
Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you resemble
awhitewashed bgraves, which outwardly appear beautiful but inwardly are full of dead men's
cbones and all
duncleanness.
Matt. 23
:28
23:28
So you also outwardly appear righteous to men, but inwardly you are full of hypocrisy and lawlessness.
Matt. 23
:29
23:29
Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you
abuild up the graves of the prophets and adorn the tombs of the righteous,
Matt. 23
:30
23:30
And say, If we had been
there in the days of our fathers, we would not have been partakers with them in the blood of the prophets.
Matt. 23
:31
23:31
So then you testify against yourselves that you are the sons of those who
amurdered the prophets.
Matt. 23
:32
23:32
And you,
afill up the measure of your fathers!
Matt. 23
:33
23:33
Serpents! Brood of
avipers! How shall you escape the judgment of
bGehenna?
Matt. 23
:34
23:34
aTherefore, behold, I
bsend to you
1cprophets and wise men and
dscribes. Some of them you will
ekill and crucify, and some of them you will
fscourge in your synagogues and
gpersecute from
hcity to city,
Matt. 23
:35
23:35
So that upon you may come all the righteous
ablood shed on the earth, from the
bblood of righteous Abel to the blood of
cZachariah, son of Barachiah, whom you murdered between the temple and the altar.
Matt. 23
:36
23:36
Truly I say to you,
1All these things shall come upon this
ageneration.
f.
Forsaking Jerusalem with its temple
23:37-39
Matt. 23
:37
23:37
aJerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and
bstones those who are sent to her! How often
1I desired to gather your
cchildren together, the way a hen gathers her brood under her
dwings, and you would not!
Matt. 23
:38
23:38
Behold, your
1house is left to you
2adesolate.
Matt. 23
:39
23:39
For I say to you, You shall by no means see Me from now on until you say,
aBlessed is He who
1comes in the name of the Lord.
